Cheops is ESA’s CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite. It is the first mission dedicated to studying bright, nearby stars that are already known to host exoplanets, in order to make high-precision observations...
Far from our solar system, phosphorus surrounding distant stars could be a telltale sign of worlds friendly to extraterrestrial life. Exoplanets orbiting stars rich in phosphorus may be more likely...
A space probe is about to fly by Venus, and it could help search for the faint signatures of life in the planet’s atmosphere. The BepiColombo probe is slated to...
Daniel Schrag has spent most of his life working on climate change. He studied the planet’s ancient warming periods early in his career, served as a climate advisor to President...
The Earth's biosphere contains all the known ingredients necessary for life as we know it. Broadly speaking these are: liquid water, at least one source of energy, and an inventory...
What's it doing there? — No obvious way Venus' environment could make it, leaving speculation about life. John Timmer - Sep 14, 2020 9:03 pm UTC Enlarge / The spectral...
Health and Human Services spokesperson Michael Caputo baselessly accused career scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday of gathering a "resistance unit" for "sedition" against President...
Astronomers have found a potential sign of life high in the atmosphere of neighboring Venus: hints there may be bizarre microbes living in the sulfuric acid-laden clouds of the hothouse...
Sleep trackers analyze a variety of data to score the quality of one’s sleep, but they can’t easily measure one’s sleeping position. Sleep position may be critical in some illnesses,...
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